most 3rd down attempts by a team in a single season

The New England Patriots have the most third-down attempts by a team in a season, with 260 attempts in 1995.

		TEAM	3DWN ATT	SEASON	3DWN CONV	3DWN%	4DWN CONV	4DWN ATT	4DWN%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN
1		Patriots	260	1995	99	38.1	17	39	43.6	16	6	10	0	32	294	18.4	377	23.6	335
2		Chargers	257	2022	112	43.6	15	29	51.7	17	10	7	0	42	391	23.0	384	22.6	352
3		Patriots	257	1994	106	41.2	18	35	51.4	16	10	6	0	39	351	21.9	312	19.5	348
4		Browns	253	2023	80	31.6	18	32	56.3	17	11	6	0	42	396	23.3	362	21.3	325
5		Ravens	253	2013	92	36.4	6	16	37.5	16	8	8	0	29	320	20.0	352	22.0	295
6		Bears	253	1997	91	36.0	14	27	51.9	16	4	12	0	28	263	16.4	421	26.3	305
7		Chargers	251	2025	115	45.8	12	21	57.1	17	11	6	0	36	368	21.6	340	20.0	331
8		Panthers	249	2023	85	34.1	23	48	47.9	17	2	15	0	23	236	13.9	416	24.5	297
9		Texans	249	2015	96	38.6	6	19	31.6	16	9	7	0	39	339	21.2	313	19.6	335
10		Giants	248	2023	75	30.2	18	37	48.6	17	6	11	0	29	266	15.6	407	23.9	267
11		Bills	247	2000	92	37.2	9	12	75.0	16	8	8	0	34	315	19.7	350	21.9	309
12		Bears	247	1999	91	36.8	11	27	40.7	16	6	10	0	31	272	17.0	341	21.3	302
13		Buccaneers	246	2022	92	37.4	15	27	55.6	17	8	9	0	32	313	18.4	358	21.1	346
14		Dolphins	245	2009	120	49.0	13	18	72.2	16	7	9	0	41	360	22.5	390	24.4	333
15		Bills	244	2013	83	34.0	4	14	28.6	16	6	10	0	34	339	21.2	388	24.3	301
16		Panthers	244	1995	93	38.1	4	9	44.4	16	7	9	0	30	289	18.1	325	20.3	250
17		Ravens	243	2005	95	39.1	11	19	57.9	16	6	10	0	25	265	16.6	299	18.7	286
18		49ers	243	2002	127	52.3	8	13	61.5	16	10	6	0	41	367	22.9	351	21.9	342
19		Bengals	243	2001	93	38.3	6	23	26.1	16	6	10	0	25	226	14.1	309	19.3	294
20		Chiefs	243	1999	96	39.5	6	11	54.5	16	9	7	0	47	390	24.4	322	20.1	282
21		Eagles	243	1994	101	41.6	6	17	35.3	16	7	9	0	35	308	19.3	308	19.3	293
22		Lions	242	2010	97	40.1	10	16	62.5	16	6	10	0	41	362	22.6	369	23.1	304
23		Chargers	242	1999	89	36.8	6	14	42.9	16	8	8	0	25	269	16.8	316	19.8	262
24		Cardinals	242	1997	85	35.1	11	22	50.0	16	4	12	0	32	283	17.7	379	23.7	295
25		Eagles	242	1997	90	37.2	14	22	63.6	16	6	9	1	36	317	19.8	372	23.3	326

StatMuse has team, season-level data for third-down attempts going back to the 1991 season.

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